Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England.

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

Some of the giant silk moths of North America are taking a beating because an early 20th-century attempt to control another insect went bad, researchers in Massachusetts suggest. Cecropia moths, with ...

The sighting of a giant moth in Bellevue, never seen before in the U.S., has entomologists scratching their heads. On July 7, a University of Washington professor reported what officials believe is ...

If you’ve noticed threadbare patches appearing on your carpets, or the odd, small-winged insect fluttering, you might be dealing with carpet moths. Similar to clothes moths that eat away at your wool ...